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Tropical Storm COSME (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM COSME ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP032013
200 PM PDT MON JUN 24 2013
 
...COSME CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...15.0N 107.1W
ABOUT 335 MI...535 KM SW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
ABOUT 575 MI...925 KM SSE OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM COSME WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.1 WEST. COSME IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT...WITH THIS WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
48 HOURS...AND COSME IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280
KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF...SWELLS GENERATED BY COSME WILL BEGIN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF
THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM NEAR MANZANILLO THROUGH CABO
CORRIENTES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THESE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS.

 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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